People buying food in sealed bags at high elevations often notice that the bags are puffed...

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People buying food in sealed bags at high elevations often notice that the bags are puffed up because the air inside has expanded. A bag of pretzels was packed at a pressure of 0.96 atm and a temperature of 23.0C. When opened at a summer picnic in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at a temperature of 34.0C, the volume of the air in the bag is 1.39 times its original volume. What is the pressure of the air (in atm)? 0.746 x atm People buying food in sealed bags at high elevations often notice that the bags are puffed up because the air inside has expanded. A bag of pretzels was packed at a pressure of 0.96 atm and a temperature of 23.0C. When opened at a summer picnic in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at a temperature of 34.0C, the volume of the air in the bag is 1.39 times its original volume. What is the pressure of the air (in atm)? 0.746 x atm

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